Research Catalog

Title

Minerals, critical minerals, and the U.S. economy / Committee on Critical Mineral Impacts on the U.S. Economy, Committee on Earth Resources, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Critical Mineral Impacts on the U.S. Economy.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Earth Resources.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences and Resources.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.

Description

xvi, 245 pages : illustrations (some color), color map; 23 cm

Subjects

• Nonfuel minerals > Economic aspects > United States
• Mines and mineral resources > Economic aspects > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

Contents

1. Critical Minerals -- 2. Minerals and Materials Uses in the United States -- 3. Availability and Reliability of Supply -- 4. Applying the Matrix -- 5. Mineral Information and Possible Initiatives in Research and Education -- 6. Conclusions and Recommendations -- App. A. Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff -- App. B. Workshop Agenda and Participants -- App. C. Glossary -- App. D. Periodic Table of Elements.

ISBN

• 0309112826 (pbk.)
• 9780309112826 (pbk.)
• 0309112869
• 9780309112864

LCCN

2007943420

OCLC

• 180691105
• ocn180691105
• SCSB-5391392

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries